Saturday, June 09, 2007

SEPA critical on Xiamen PX-project

In a new environmental assessment of the city of Xiamen, the plans for a new chemical plant might have to be reconsidered, the State Administration of Environmental Protection (SEPA) announced on Thursday, writes AP.
The now suspended so-called PX-project was the reason of a major protest on June 1.
While the new assessment by SEPA was asked by the embattled municipal authorities, mayor Li Cigui told reporters on Friday the protest has been "inappropriate". He suggested action might be taken against the organizers, according to Reuters:
"There are some people who have taken advantage of the people's attention to environmental issues, attention to this project, and taken inappropriate and even illegal actions," Liu told a small group of reporters in Hong Kong.

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